Engineering of a modular and synthetic phosphoketolase pathway for photosynthetic production of acetone from CO2 in Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 under light and aerobic condition

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1768-1776

  Chwa, Jun Won ^a,b   Kim, Wook Jin ^a,b   Sim, Sang Jun ^b   Um, Youngsoon ^a,c   Woo, Han Min ^a,b,c  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

acetone; biosolar cell factories; metabolic engineering; Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COENZYME A; LYASE; PHOSPHOKETOLASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEVICES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROCEDURES; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

ACETONE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AEROBIOSIS; ALDEHYDE-LYASES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; COENZYME A; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIGHT; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84959145501     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12536     Document Type: Article

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